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einarson defeated

in grand slam final

A familiar face hoisted hardware at the end of the first Grand Slam of the curling season.

Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni captured the Boost National women’s championship at Memorial Gardens in North Bay, Ont. after rolling Manitoba’s Kerri Einarson 7-3 in Sunday’s finals.

Tirinzoni was a force all week en route to her third career Grand Slam title. Her team of Alina Pätz (fourth), Carole Howald (second) and Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann (lead) finished the tournament an undefeated 7-0 while banking a cool $35,000 from the $300,000 purse and 12 Pinty’s Cup points.

Einarson’s squad collected $20,000 and nine Cup points for their efforts as runners-up.

Canada’s Brad Gushue handled business on the men’s side, finishing the week 7-0 after squeaking by Sweden’s Niklas Edin in a championship game that required an extra end.

Players will compete next at the Tour Challenge from Oct. 18-23 in Grande Prairie, Alta..

guardians expect

big noise in big apple

NEW YORK — Late and close at Yankee Stadium has a different meaning for the Cleveland Guardians.

Their AL Division Series opener tonight will be their first trip to the Bronx since an ugly April series when rowdy fans in the bleachers pelted Cleveland outfielders with bottles, cans and debris after New York rallied for a 5-4 win.

Centre-fielder Myles Straw climbed a chain-link fence to confront a spectator, and was jeered with chants of “Crybaby!” the following day after calling the Yankee Universe the “worst fan base on the planet.”

“I expect it to be loud. At the end of the day it’s noise. Nothing we’re not used to,” Straw said Monday. “It’s playoff baseball. It’s supposed to be loud.”

Gerrit Cole (13-8) starts for the AL East champion Yankees, who had a first-round bye. Cal Quantrill (15-5) takes the mound for the AL Central champion Guardians.

panthers’ rhule

first to be fired

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper said he ran out of patience with Matt Rhule’s inability to get the franchise “over the hump.”

Tepper fired his second coach in four years on Monday, dismissing Rhule five games into his third losing season.

Rhule, the first NFL coach to be fired this season, went 11-27 with Carolina and leaves with roughly US$40 million remaining on the seven-year, guaranteed US$62 million contract he signed in 2020.

braves lock up

another young arm

THE Atlanta Braves are continuing their run of locking up talented young players to long-term contracts, signing rookie pitcher Spencer Strider to a six-year, US$75-million deal.

The move comes on the eve of the NL East division champion Braves’ playoff opener against the Philadelphia Phillies. The deal locks in Strider’s services though the 2028 season and also includes a US$22 million club option for 2029.

—staff, news services